Killer Tube Rig

[paul.]

check this out.  and trust me, it works - well.   

 

1.  tie on a 2/0 - 4/0 ewg hook depending on the size bait you are using.  start the hook in the nose and back out tx style.

 

2.  insert a dipsey swivel sinker in the butt end of the tube - ring first.

 

3.  when you come back through the bait to complete the rig, go through the plastic first, then the ring inside the tube (to hold the sinker in place).

 

4.  finally, complete the rig by coming back through the bait and skin hooking.

 

 

applications and techniques are limited only by your imagination.  works on top walk-the-dog style.  works shallow like a fluke.  works deep like a jig.  falls horizontal or even backwards with a heavier weight.  great tentacle flare.  slower fall than traditional texas rig with bullet sinker in front.  amazing hookup percentage.  preserves bait life with a lot less frequent nose tears - even with braid.  weight along with a large portion of the hook is totally hidden.  also has applications with other hollow body baits like paca craws.  probably the most snag free and weedless rig i've ever used.  since it's back-weighted, it casts easily and far.

 

i have been flat out puttin' 'em in the boat with this rig.  hope it works as well for y'all. 

[Glenn]

Oh man...you just revealed my secret! 

 

Only I use a dropshot weight.

[Sodus Bay Scooter]

Thanks! This looks interesting. I love trying new and different things. I am gonna try this out for sure.

[Blues19]

I have actually thought about trying something similar to this, but putting the weight on the offset shank near the top. Gonna try this for sure!

[paul.]

I have actually thought about trying something similar to this, but putting the weight on the offset shank near the top. Gonna try this for sure!

 

that works too, but often interferes with hookups since the weight is riding in the hook gap.

[Blues19]

that works too, but often interferes with hookups since the weight is riding in the hook gap.

That is actually the reason i was concerned about trying it.

[DelfiBoyz_One_and_Only]

That is actually the reason i was concerned about trying it.

 

 

that works too, but often interferes with hookups since the weight is riding in the hook gap.

 

Psshh, NIcK PLEasE.... The hook is the first thing coming out of that bass's mouth. The ring on the weight is so tiny it will never in a million years get in the way. I would be more worried about the sinker on a T-Rig smacking the bass's lip causing it to spit the bait before the hook (which doesn't noticeable happen).

Same concept as the Okeechobee rig!

[SENKOSAM]

How does the rig fall with a rear weight?

[Quillback]

Thanks for the tip, I've been doing well with tubes lately, but I've been t-rigging them, this looks to be a lot more snag free, and gives them a different look.  I've also been thinking about trying the tube rigged jika style.

[Hooligan]

Have used this weighting method for years. Also use the method that sets the weight on the hook all the way at the nose when more of a vertical drop is wanted.

[Felix77]

Ike shows this in his finesse DVD. Also on YouTube. Great way to go weedless with a tube. BPS also sell weights specific to this technique which I believe are better. Smaller profile than the bell sinket.

[Arv]

Definitely trying this out this weekend. Thanks for the post!

[.ghoti.]

I use HP Quick Clip weights for this. Longer and thinner, like some dropshot weights, with an angled loop. The weight can be rigged on either end of the tube.

[Flukeman]

I have some old Gitzit glider weights that I use a couple different ways in this manner.

[bowhunter63]

Im gonna try it out.

[Paul Roberts]

Awesome. I love this kind of thing. Thanks, Doc!

[ColdSVT]

you sir are one slick nickle! def gonna try this!

[Doubled Over]

Used a similar rigging on a BBB Warmouth, when it falls it looks exactly like a dying shad or bluegill. I'll have to try it out with some tubes.

[clayton86]

I do this with the Yamamoto weights made for it.